What’s New in the Unisys ClearPath®
Visual IDE?

ClearPath® MCP developers, take note: a new release of the Unisys ClearPath Visual IDE is
now available.

With the arrival of the ClearPath Visual IDE 3.0, we’re providing a suite of new and richer functionality you can leverage to develop distributed applications with greater speed and efficiency. And because the latest additions to the Visual IDE continue to draw on the breadth and depth of the Microsoft® Visual Studio® community, you’ll have even more ways to help your newest team members quickly become productive developers.

Here’s what’s new in the ClearPath Visual IDE 3.0:

• Offline editing: With this update, you can edit and save changes to files in projects when the connection to the MCP host is unavailable. No active connection is required – you can continue working as you normally would, and simply upload back to the host once you’re reconnected.
  
• Set Sequence Number and Mark ID: With this new addition to the Visual IDE, you can explicitly set the Sequence Number and Mark ID in the Visual Studio editor, helping you accelerate operations and reduce the time it takes to find the right Sequence Number.
  
• Hidden columns: A new option in the Visual IDE allows you to see Sequence Numbers, Mark IDs, and any other hidden columns in the Visual Studio editor.
• Additional programming language support: With this update, the Visual IDE includes all supported MCP programming languages and data file types. The following are now supported:
  • Pascal
    
  • COBOL
    
  • Pascal83
    
  • LCOBOL
    
  • Binder
    
  • Modula2
    
  • CC
    
  • Basic
    
  • CPP
    
  • RPG
    
  • Java
    
  • ESPOL
    
  • Fortran
    
  • SANS
    
  • Fortran77
    
  • OHNE
• New file types: The Visual IDE now supports CDATA, DCP, NDL, NDLII, PL/I, SORT, and WIDE MCP file types. Plus, you can customize the text length in the newly supported DATA, SCHEDULEFILE, and CSEQDATA file types.
  
• Editing non-display characters: You can now edit files containing characters that cannot be displayed – including custom characters in files – in the Visual Studio editor.
  
• WFL syntax checking: With this feature, you can check the syntax of a WFL file in a project without executing it. By highlighting any incorrect code syntax, you’ll no longer have to compile the program first before finding and correcting errors.
  
• Local save as: You now have the flexibility to save a copy of a file in your project to a Microsoft Windows® file in another location.
  
• Intellisense support: With the Visual IDE 3.0, you can make use of such Intellisense features as Go To Definition and Find All to locate references in your ALGOL and COBOL files.
• Secure communications: By utilizing the Visual IDE’s new connection encryption, you’ll secure all communications between Visual Studio and the MCP host, while increasing usability.
  
• Importing and exporting patches: You can now export changes as a patch to the MCP host, as well as import a patch from a host file. It’s the same way patches are handled in the ClearPath MCP environment, so there’s no need for you to learn a new patching process specifically for the Visual IDE.

To learn more about the features included in the ClearPath Visual IDE 3.0, or to view configuration, compatibility, and licensing requirements, please visit our web site. And if you need assistance putting
any of these new features to use in your organization, please contact your Unisys sales representative.